2 PETER 3:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 2
“Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,”
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness — the ethical imperative follows directly from eschatological expectation. The question (hoios dei) inverts the false teachers' question: instead of doubting the promise, believers should ask how to live righteously in light of it. Lives of holiness (hagiasmō) and godliness (eusebia) represent the proper existential response to eschatology.
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoThe covenant promise - 2 Peter 3
God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is f...
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James ThorntonNote1mo agoStrength in weakness - 2 Peter 3
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is faithful in every circumstance.
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